Countries
Countries
European Union, Latvia
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
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Interesting Facts
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Thai Language
Derived From
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Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3353
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
928
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2427
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Sveiki
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Paldies
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Ar labunakti
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Labvakar
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Labdien
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Labrīt
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
lūdzu
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Piedodiet!
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Livonian
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Latvia
Laos
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Latvia
Laos
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
High Latvian
Central Lao
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Laos
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
latviešu valoda
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Lettish
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
French Name
letton
lao
German Name
Lettisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Lao people
History
Origin
1530
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Tai
Branch
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-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Lao
Language Position
943
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
lv
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
lao
ISO 639 2/B
lav
lao
ISO 639 3
lav
lao
ISO 639 6
lav
lao
Glottocode
latv1249
laoo1244
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Isolating